Om genstanden
AP Leafax 35 II telefotosender/scanner i aluminiumskuffert:
Maskinen består af en Intel 286 baseret computer med en lille opklapbar skærm og en scanner
kombineret med et modem. Når man åbner låget på kufferten sidder scanner og skærm i bunddelen og tastatur i låget. De to dele forbindes med et kabel, som under transport ligger i et rum i bunddelen. På "bunddelen" er endvidere stik til telefontilslutning og 220v stik. Apparaturet er forsynet med diverse dymostrimler og klistermærker med instruktioner og telefonnumre. På håndtaget sidder diverse bagagemærker fra transport- og flyselskaber. Maskinen har både kunnet anvendes analogt og digitalt afhængig af modtagerudstyret på redaktionen.
Alukufferten er anbragt i en canvastaske med bærrem, lommer og lynlås. I forlommen ligger
telefontilslutningsledningen.
Serienummer: 0659 Dato 12/5 89
- Manualer ligger i kufferten.
Følgende om anvendelsen er klippet fra en amerikansk fotografs indlæg på internettet:
At UPI we did not have that nor did we use MAC computers, hell MAC did not have a notebook back them with a color screen. We were using either a LEAFFAX 35 transmitter, or a drum transmitter - I still have one of these in my closet, it would transmit a color photo in 45
minutes in 5 different analog modes. The LEAFFAX did all the same modes, but it scanned from the neg, and unless you had the digital Compander you were analog with that box also.
The Leaf 35 was an old 286 (or whatever the designation of the 200 series computers was) with a 4 inch color tv screen, a built in film scanner and a jack for the phone line..all crammed in a zero haliburton case. You would scan the neg or slide, enter a caption, no more than 4 or 5 short lines, call the Washington desk and say "I've got a photo of xyz subject" They would say hold on, then you would hear the beeps in your ear. You hit send test signal wait 10 seconds then hit send, F7 I think it was. Sit back and drink a beer or two, after all three printers (CMY, no K was sent) had gone you'd call Washington again to see if they got it. If the transmission was clean, no hits from line noise, you'd ask them to keep the lines open. A noisy line made you have to re transmit the shot as it would have lines in it. Now with digital there are no lines and if there are Photoshop can fix them in a hurry.
The worst thing was to call and have them tell you everything was fine after they only looked at the Magenta printer. You would take out the neg and scan the next one then they were calling to tell you that the Cyan had a hit in it, could you resend it?....DAMN!!!! Now you had to re scan and re send ALL 3 PRINTERS 30 minutes lost on deadline. IF they had looked at the Cyan when You called you could have sent only the Cyan printer, only 7 minutes lost.
Den model han refererer til kunne tisyneladende kun transmittere analogt.
Genstand: AP Leafax 35 filmscanner/transmitter
Fabrikat: Leaf, USA
Anvendelse: Scanning og afsendelse af 35 mm film gennem telefonen
Materiale: Stål/aluminium
Format: 530 x 365 x 168 mm
Periode: 1989
